U.S. stock futures mixed in pre-market trading for Wednesday, August 08.The Dow Futures is trading at 25,601.00  with +0.00% percent or +1.00 point.The S&P 500 Futures is trading at 2,859.75  with +0.00% percent or +0.00 point.The Nasdaq Futures is trading at 7,475.75  with a loss of -0.02% percent or -1.75 point.

In overnight trading in the Eastern Hemisphere, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is trading at 22,644.31  with a loss of -0.081% percent or -18.43 point. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is trading at 28,352.65 up with +0.37% percent or  +103.77 point. China’s Shanghai Composite is trading at 2,744.07 with a loss of -1.27% percent or -35.30  point. India’s BSE Sensex is trading at 37,877.02 up with +0.56% percent or +211.22 point at 12:15 PM.The FTSE 100 is trading at 7,783.56 up with +0.84% percent or +65.08 point. Germany’s DAX is trading at 12,689.33 up with +0.33% percent or +41.14 point. France’s CAC 40 is trading at 5,527.04  up with +0.10% percent or +5.73 point. The Stoxx Europe 600 is trading at 390.60 up with +0.03% percent or +0.11 point.

wednesday’s Factors and Events

U.S. stock index futures pulled back prior to the start of Wednesday’s session, as investors noted the muted trade in international markets

The U.S. Trade Representative’s office announced Tuesday that the States would begin gathering levies on an additional $16 billion in Chinese goods later this month. It also published a final tariff list that pointed out 279 import product lines, according to Reuters.

The initial set of tariffs, which was on $34 billion worth of goods, came into effect last month. In recent days, Chinese state media has hit back at the U.S. in light of the levies that have been threatened.